180 results for “General Electric”, page 8 of 9
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 23, 1970
M. W. Burleson to W. D. Gaches and Others on Routing Customer Health Inquiries to C. L. Sheckler (1970)
What it shows Burleson was general manager of the Industrial Insulations Division, and the memo came three weeks after his order to put caution labels on the division's asbestos products. It placed the company's…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 27, 1951
H. M. Jackson to Arthur J. Vorwald Asking for a Fiber Count Standard (1951)
What it shows The dust limit then in general use for asbestos was five million particles per cubic foot, a count of all particles rather than fibers (see the 1947 limits of the American Conference of…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 23, 1932
J. E. Begert to S. A. Williams on Dust Collecting Equipment at Alexandria (1932)
What it shows On examinations, Begert writes: "We give our men only a casual general physical examination, inspecting chiefly for ruptures, hernia, sight, hearing and stiff joints. We make no attempt at all to examine the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 16, 1969
Johns-Manville Executive Bulletin 312-3 on Environmental Control Standards, Revised (1969)
What it shows The bulletin was reviewed by J-M's Environmental Control Subcommittee and the general managers in September 1969 (Fenner's report of the subcommittee meeting). Its 2 fibers/cc design figure was far…
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Person · People and organizations
Vandiver Brown
…at Johns-Manville Products Corporation Assistant Secretary at Johns-Manville Secretary at Johns-Manville Products Corporation Secretary at Johns-Manville Sales Corporation Assistant Secretary at Johns-Manville Products Corporation Started General Counsel and Secretary of JMC…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 30, 1957
Dr. Kenneth Smith to Ivan Sabourin on the Condensed Industrial Hygiene Foundation Survey (1957)
…stressing that "the hypothesis that asbestos miners do not have a higher mortality from lung cancer than does the general population cannot be rejected." He also agreed with Doctors Cartier and Braun that some workers "probably…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 18, 1957
Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to A. J. Stenari on a Customer's Silicosis Question about Steam-Cured Asbestos Cement (1957)
…such inquiries should be handled one at a time, and "it is the responsibility of the General Attorney to approve all written or oral representations to customers in the field of occupational health." In 1957, then…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 1, 1971
Johns-Manville Employee Relations Department Health Research Report, July 1971 (1971)
What it shows The report notes that the retiree study had found "certain types of causes of death which are higher than those found in the general population" (see Jackson's memo on the Enterline study)…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · October 24, 1966
Johns-Manville "Position Paper on the Health Aspects of Asbestos" (1966)
…positive tendency to develop asbestosis, are no more likely to develop lung cancer than the general population," relying on Anthony Lanza (1952) and the Braun and Truan study of Quebec miners (1958), while acknowledging that no…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 14, 1971
C. L. Hite to B. Mulder on Waukegan's Red Slip Cases and the Union (1971)
…Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows: C.L. Hite (Waukegan) writes to B. Mulder (General Headquarters), dated 4/14/71, regarding Waukegan's handling of red slip cases…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 25, 1969
C. L. Sheckler to J. D. Anderson on Mass Workmen's Compensation Filings at Manville (1969)
…that the agenda for a first meeting to discuss this problem include a review of the number of cases in litigation, types of cases in general categories (such as traumatic and occupational disease), claims handling procedures…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 30, 1957
Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to F. M. Stumpf of Columbia Acoustics and Fireproofing on Asbestos Hazards (1957)
…Smith notes the general risk but represents that among 2,000 J-M workers handling in excess of 500,000 tons of asbestos annually: "We have developed no new cases of asbestosis for many years." Smith…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · November 5, 1959
Dr. Kenneth W. Smith to H. G. Donovan on the Bonafide Plastics Company (1959)
…The next month Smith told General Motors and Firestone that long inhalation of asbestos may cause lung changes (Smith to General Motors and Firestone). In Johns-Manville's chronology Johns-Manville's own chronology of what…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 17, 1979
Dr. Paul Kotin to F. L. Pundsack on Waukegan's Failure to Report Occupational Disease Cases to OSHA (1979)
…cases immediately to OSHA, along with an explanation for the failure to comply." Two days later J-M's associate general counsel recommended amending the logs without telling OSHA (Markusson's memo). Waukegan's handling of…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 1, 1954
H. M. Jackson to T. R. Turnbull on Fiber Counts Above J-M's Limit at Waukegan (1954)
…Cement and Magnesia Departments, March 10-15. Jackson attaches copies of Travelers' analysis report. While in general the dust counts indicated good control, there are several sampling stations, particularly at the feeding operations, in which the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 2, 1935
J. P. Kottcamp to S. A. Williams on Waukegan Dust Collecting Equipment (1935)
…the company knew describes this document as follows: J.P. Kottcamp (Waukegan) asks S.A. Williams (General Headquarters), in a memorandum dated 7/2/35, what to do about certain approved budget proposals for dust control…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 16, 1936
J. P. Kottcamp to Vandiver Brown on an Illinois Manufacturers' Meeting About the New Disease Law (1936)
…should be kept on the payroll regardless of the fact that he may later become an expense to the Company." He warned that a "general house cleaning" would cause labor trouble costing more than it saved…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · March 21, 1966
Joe Goldfield to A. C. Smith, Observations and Recommendations from a Trip to Turner Brothers (1966)
…E. Finderne) to A.C. Smith, H.Q. General Engineer, 3/21/66. The memorandum sets forth Goldfield's observations and recommendations based on a trip he had made to Turner Brothers Asbestos Company, Ltd. in…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 1970
Johns-Manville, "History of Johns-Manville Health Research" (1970)
…air (see Jackson's 1951 request). It also reports that a University of Pittsburgh study of J-M retirees found some causes of death higher than in the general population, and that in the McGill study…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 16, 1948
Johns-Manville President's Bulletin No. 59 on Capital Spending (1948)
…listed proposals is for the correction of substandard working conditions. The Bulletin states that J-M's policy in general is to provide good working conditions, but it has had to suspend improvements because of the…